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Neighborhood Restaurants Around New Orleans

susan

Dec 20, 2011

New Orleans has many distinct, diverse neighborhoods filled with even more distinct, diverse restaurants. Choices range from basic sandwiches and boiled or fried seafood served on newspaper, or raw oysters served at the bar, to some of the finest dining experiences to be had in the world.

We at Louisiana Kitchen & Culture have put together a selection of some of our favorites from around town, and invite our visitors to give them a try. Here's a basic map of the different neighborhoods. For your convenience, our friends at the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation have downloadable, detailed maps of each neighborhood available for free off their website.

I travel to NOLA every two months for business from FL and love so many of the restaurants you have listed. You have really peeked my interest to check out some of those I've never visited. Can't wait until I am back next month. Thanks.

In the Central Business-Warehouse District, the link for Grand Isle seems fixed on the link for Rouses, which precedes it. It seems that I might be there for the Roadfood Show, after all, and I was planning a visit to Grand Isle. It seems that a visit to a restaurant of the same name could be a little redundant, but I thought that I'd check it out anyway!I really appreciate the list and will make sure to visit some of them, but I need to get out into the surrounding territory, too!With two weeks of dining that start and end in Memphis and include a huge tour of Central to South Louisiana, I might wish to consider bringing along my cardiologist. ::chuckling::GOD!!! I LOVE dining in the South, especially South Louisiana!

This is wonderful!! Although my husband was raised in Morgan City and New Orleans, we haven't lived "down south" for many years and this is a great way for us to keep up with the current best places to eat along with our old favorites when we get down for a visit. We will be in NO mid-spring and bringing with us relatives and friends from the east coast. Can't wait to introduce them to our fabulous cuisine and culture. Thanks again.

lived in nola 15 years and graduated from lsu, baton rouge. spent many a late night at cieallma grill, and many family dinner's at commander's. you could spend a solid year in nola eating out every day and still not get to all of the fabulous food finds the city and people offer. glad you had fun!

Don't forget about the fabulous and authentic Barcelona Tapas on Dublin St in River Bend. Chef and owner Xavier Laurentino adds his own touches to his Barcelona / Catalan family recipes and I always feel like I'm dining in Barcelona when I eat at his restaurant.

Overall RatingFoodServiceAtmospherePrice/ValueRomanceSuitable for ChildrenSo I suppose I shuold have know that since it's New Orleans style food it was going to be spicy but I didn't. And my daughter is not big on spicy food. Her salad (the Cresent City Chicken Salad did not have a description of being spicy (which in my opinion any spicy item shuold have). I tried the salad myself and I love spicy food and I found it to be fairly spicy. But what bothered me was the servers attitude about it. She talked to us like we were stupid for not knowing. She did however offer to replace the item with something else which I thought was very nice. We have the pommes frites which were AMAZING! And I had the Monte Cristo, which I was hesitant to try because I had only had one once before (somewhere else) and it was awful. But it was really good and HUGE. It could easily be split between two people.The tables are outside and have a nice view. Even though it was a warm day, it was chilly that evening. So I ended up shivering through the meal! So if you are going on a cool night make sure you bring a jacket, my sweatshirt wasn't enough.

What: Dinner, Monte Cristo Sandwich. Also had some beignets from my firneds.Price_of_Entrees: $17.99 plus tax and tipBe Sure To Try: Monte Cristo, unless you are watching your cholesterol or a very strict diet.The beignets. While you can now get at the Mint Julep bar, here they come with berry syrup and icing to dip in!General Tips: If you can, make reservations. It's a fairly small restaurant and long lines for seating are always present. I went with firneds during what's normally off season in the late evening w/o reservation, and we still waited at least half an hour.Extra Comments: Unless you're a huge eater, the Monte Cristo can be split between two people. Nevertheless, I recommend walking a few laps around the park to compensate the sandwich.